Collaborative Research: Proposal for a SUMMIT to Plan a Conference Workshop for Minoritized Geoscientists

该项目旨在举办一个为期四天的峰会，有来自地球科学组织的15位领导人参加，他们对改善归属感、可及性、公正、公平、多样性和包容性表现出兴趣（BeAJEDI）。这次峰会将为这些领导人提供机会，分享在地球科学领域改进BeAJEDI的成功战略。峰会的领导人将设计一个会议，约100-300名地球科学家将在这里建立网络，展示他们的研究，并分享在地球科学领域改进BeAJEDI的成功战略。因此，峰会将开始增加机构间和人际间的共享、设计和改进用于加强地球科学领域BeAJEDI的战略的过程。该项目的主要目标是举办一次为期四天的峰会，由来自最大或有影响力的地球科学组织的15位领导人参加，这些组织对提高地球科学领域的归属感、可及性、公正、公平、多样性和包容性（BeAJEDI）感兴趣。峰会参与者将共同设计一个会议研讨会，同时分享为有色人种地球科学家改进BeAJEDI的成功策略。这个设计的研讨会将主要由地球科学家参加，并将允许与会者介绍研究和网络。研讨会还将包括对与会者进行调查和访谈，以收集与成功招募和留住地球科学领域有色人种相关的信息。调查和访谈试图回答的问题是：1。是什么吸引有色人种选择地球科学？有色人种地球科学家的经验是什么？对有色人种地球科学家来说，完全的归属感、可及性、公正、公平、多样性和包容性是什么样子的？除了开发一种回答上述问题的新方法外，该项目还通过包括指导成分来加强其更广泛的影响。该峰会将把对BeAJEDI问题感兴趣的早期职业研究人员与有经验的知名人士配对。早期职业研究人员将获得会议提案写作经验，同时扩大他们的网络。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project aims to host a four-day summit with fifteen leaders from Geoscience organizations with a demonstrated interest in improving belonging, accessibility, justice, equity, diversity, and inclusivity (BeAJEDI). The summit will provide these leaders with opportunities to share successful strategies for improving BeAJEDI in Geoscience. Leaders at the summit will design a conference where ~100-300 Geoscientists network, present their research, and share successful strategies for improving BeAJEDI in Geoscience. The summit will thus begin the process of increasing interagency and interpersonal sharing, design, and refinement of the strategies used to strengthen BeAJEDI in Geoscience.The main goal of this project is to host a four-day summit with 15 leaders from the largest and or influential Geoscience organizations with a demonstrated interest in improving belonging, accessibility, justice, equity, diversity, and inclusivity (BeAJEDI) in Geoscience. Summit participants will collaboratively design a conference workshop while sharing successful strategies for improving BeAJEDI for Geoscientists of Color. This designed workshop will be primarily attended by Geoscientists and will allow attendees to present research and network. The workshop will also include surveying and interviewing attendees to collect information that are germane for successfully recruiting and retaining People of Color within Geoscience. The questions that the surveys and interviews seek to answer are:1. What attracts People of Color to Geoscience?2. What are the experiences of Geoscientists of Color?3. What do full belonging, accessibility, justice, equity, diversity, and inclusivity look like to Geoscientists of Color? Alongside developing a novel method of answering the questions listed above, this project's broader impacts are strengthened by including a mentorship component. The summit will pair early-career researchers interested in BeAJEDI issues with established and experienced individuals. The early-career researchers will gain conference proposal writing experience while expanding their network.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.